What is 60 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 60 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 60 is, and then we deduct that amount from 60 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 60, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 60, we do this:

(60 x 2)/100 = 1.2

Next, we simply subtract 1.2 from 60 like this:

60 - 1.2 = 58.8.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 60 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

58.8

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